WorldFloraDB - Malaxis schliebenii

Characteristics

A small terrestrial plant up to 10 cm. tall; rhizome creeping, slender but swollen for 1–2 cm. below erect stem to form a white tuber up to 5 mm. in diameter.. Secondary stems erect, very short, 0.5–2.2 cm. long, mostly 2-leaved.. Leaves spreading, thin-textured, ovate, obtuse, up to 5 cm. long, 4–5 cm. broad.. Inflorescence erect, 5–8-flowered, 4–8 cm. long; scape slender; bracts subulate, 4–5 mm. long.. Flowers flat, translucent, pale yellow-green.. Dorsal sepal lanceolate, rounded at apex, 4 mm. long, 1.6 mm. broad; lateral sepals falcate, elliptic, rounded at apex, 3.6 mm. long, 1.7 mm. broad.. Petals falcate, lanceolate, rounded at apex, 3 mm. long, 1 mm. broad.. Lip flabellate or rarely subquadrate, emarginate, 3 mm. long and broad, with fleshy basal margins and a denticulate-erose apical margin; callus of 2 fleshy lunate longitudinal ridges in centre of lip.. Column fleshy, 1 mm. long, with a short fleshy ventral projection at base.. Fig. 61/1–9.

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Lateral sepals spreading, 3.5–4 × 3–4 mm, flabellate, emarginate, with 2 fleshy ridges in the centre, the basal margins thickened, the apical margin denticulate.

Leaves 2–3, the lowermost sheathing, the others sub-opposite at or near the stem base, spreading, up to 6 × 4 cm, ovate, pleated, light green.

Small terrestrial herb 5–10 cm tall; rhizome creeping, but swollen to form cigar-shaped tubers below the erect flowering stems.

Inflorescence c. 12-flowered, up to 9 cm long and c. 1 cm in diameter, cylindrical.

Dorsal sepal 3–4 × 1–1.5 mm, lanceolate; apex rounded, erect or slightly recurved.

Flowers c. 6 mm in diameter, translucent yellow-green.

Column 1 mm long.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	herb
Growth support	free-standing
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Sexuality	hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter)	0.08 - 0.1
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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:642485-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000234204
COL ID	3XM9K
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Synonyms

Kornasia schliebenii Malaxis schliebenii Microstylis schliebenii

WorldFloraDB 2024

Malaxis schliebenii (Mansf.) Summerh.

Species